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Where does “organochlorine” come from?

organochlorine (English) comes from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

organochlorine (English): Any of very many chlorine substituted organic...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many chlorine substituted organic...

Ancestry of “organochlorine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle French-é—
6Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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